Official new NAUS council 2013-2014

Co-Presidents:
Alina Guna & Shakira Brathwaite

VP Finance:
Audrey Zhang

VP Socials:
Roland Xu & Filip Miscevic

VP Communications:
Ben Ong & Josephine Chan

Secretary:
Stephanie Luu

4th Year Representatives:
David Long

3rd Year Representatives:
Peter Mai & Hamza Arshad

Congratulations to all the newly-elected executives! We look forward to all the amazing things you’ll bring NAUS in the coming year!!!

April 19th 2013: TEDMED COMES TO U OF T!!!

Young Neuroscientists,

The Institute of Medical Science (IMS) is organizing TEDMED Day with the Faculty of Medicine here at UofT and YOU ARE INVITED TO REGISTER starting Monday April 1st (tomorrow!) !!!

Check out the poster below to see the AMAZING lineup of speakers set to talk LIVE this Friday, April 19th. (NOTE THE ABUNDANCE OF NEUROSCIENTISTS!)

Here is what IMS organizers have to say about TEDMED:

“TEDMED is the exclusive gathering where world-class doers and thinkers share their vision of the future of health and medicine. Join us for TEDMED Day at the University of Toronto, featuring brilliant live talks from researchers at the Institute of Medical Science (IMS); we will also be broadcasting selected presentations from the TEDMED Conference at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.

Attendees will be captivated throughout the course of this full-day event, which will also include opportunities to converse with speakers, fellow students and faculty over lunch and refreshments. This is an experience you won’t want to miss!”

Check out the TEDMED IMS Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/TEDmedIMS

The official TEDMED Website: http://www.tedmed.com

Looking for volunteers

The Human Biology Department is looking for any interested students to help with the filming, editing and uploading of videos for neuroscience courses. If you are interested in participating in this project, please send an email to theprofessor.bill@gmail.com with ‘Volunteer’ in the subject line.

NAUS 2012-2013 Execs!

Here are your new execs for next year! Congratulations to them and thank you if you ran this time around! There will be many opportunities for you stay get more involved with NAUS next year so keep your eyes open!

Co-Presidents
Amirah Momen
Kweephol Petchsri

VP Communications
Benjamin Ong
John Ho

VP Finance
Apittha Unahalekhaka

VP Social
Cindy Qiu
Amaris Hui

4th Year Rep
Maryam Saleemi

3rd Year Rep
Alina Guna
Roland Xu

Secretary
Biftu Saleh

NAUS 2012-2013 Polls Closed!

Hey guys!

The online voting is now over! Keep checking back and the results will be up as soon as possible!

Good luck on exams!

SONA University of Toronto April 30th, 2012

Southern Ontario Neuroscience Association

Please check the SONA tab for detailed information.

NAUS Elections!

Come run for an exciting position on next year’s NAUS council, or exercise your right to vote in person! We always try our best to do what we can to better the Neuroscience community, but if you have a great idea to make NAUS even better, then PLEASE come out and run for an exec position!!! IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RUN FOR A POSITION: – Candidates should be prepared to give a short, 2 minute speech on April 2nd, 2012 (the voting day) – Each individual may only run for ONE position, and cannot run in conjunction with another candidate. – for more information on the positions, please see the information on our website and constitution (naus.sa.utoronto.ca) – The *DEADLINE* to submit your speech and qualify for NAUS Executive Elections is Sunday, April 1st @ 11:59PM!! Please send the speech, along with your name, student number, year of study, and position of interest to: naus@utoronto.ca VOTING: Voting will occur promptly after the speeches, and will also be available online. Only registered students in either the Neuroscience Specialist or Major Programs are eligible to vote!! Details about online voting will be available soon. THE CELEBRATION: We will be going out to casually celebrate the end of the year afterwards (we’ll let you know where closer to the date). If you have any questions, please feel free toe mail us at naus@utoronto.ca We look forward to seeing you ALL there and ending off a fantastic year with a bang!!! NAUS 🙂

Calendar Updated

Check out the calendar page for what’s happening this and next month! Click on the image to enlarge it!

Grad School Opportunity!